Higher Education Cannot Escape History: Issues for the Twenty-first CenturyState University of New York Press, 1993 M12 7 - 266 pages As we approach the end of the twentieth century and enter the twenty-first, the nation's system of colleges and universities, as well as higher education around the world, will face some enduring conflicts and contradictions—the basic challenges that must be confronted and solved again and again in every generation. These include nationalization versus internationalization in higher education, merit in academic pursuits versus equality of treatment, the preservation of the past versus improvement of the present or changes in the future, differentiation of functions among higher education institutions versus their homogenization in a world of mass access, and commitment to ethical conduct in the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge versus exploitation of the process for individual gain. This book outlines possible solutions to these dilemmas that will enable higher education to continue to serve its own imperatives as well as contribute to the quality of life around the world in the coming years and decades. |
Contents
Universalism versus | 19 |
IV | 35 |
Introduction | 41 |
Rising Controversies over What It Means | 53 |
Meritocratic Higher Education in a World | 61 |
Differentiation versus Homogenization of Functions | 79 |
A TwentyfirstCentury Convergence Model | 85 |
The Research and Advanced Training Component | 101 |
Introduction | 131 |
9 | 137 |
Introduction | 159 |
12 | 166 |
181 | 209 |
Introduction | 215 |
14 | 229 |
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